The Hurricanes dealt with more lineup changes as defenseman Joni Pitkanen will miss the rest of Carolina’s season with a broken heel sustained Tuesday night against Washington. On the flip side, right wing Tuomo Ruutu was back in the lineup after a two-game absence with a lower-body injury.

“I thought we had a lot of chances,” Ruutu said. “We seem to lose our focus when things don’t go our way. We’ve just got to stay with it for 60 minutes.”

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes hit another rough patch, continuing their tumble in the Southeast Division with Thursday night’s 5-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Goalie Dan Ellis of the Hurricanes took responsibility as Carolina lost for the 10th time in its last 11 games.

“I need to make a save,” Ellis said. “You need your goalie to go in there and steal a game at times like this when things aren’t going our way.”

The Lightning received a tremendous debut from goalie Ben Bishop in his first game since he was acquired a day earlier in a trade from the Ottawa Senators. Bishop made 45 saves for his third career shutout and his second of the season.

Teddy Purcell, Tom Pyatt, Keith Aulie, Martin St. Louis and Benoit Pouliot scored for the Lightning, which is 3-0-1 in its last four games. The Hurricanes fell into a third-place tie with Tampa Bay in the division as they lost for the sixth time in a row at PNC Arena.

“We have to find a way to stay resilient and keep on slugging it out and find a way to get different results,” Carolina coach Kirk Muller said.

The Hurricanes had a first-period goal wiped out when Alexander Semin kicked the puck into the net, and there were few other significant threats as the Lightning broke on top 28 seconds into the second period.

“We gave up that first goal right at the start of the second and it deflated the group,” Muller said. “We looked like a fragile group at that time.”

Bishop, 26, joined the Lightning in a trade that sent Cory Conacher to Ottawa. He looked like he belonged.

The Hurricanes dealt with more lineup changes as defenseman Joni Pitkanen will miss the rest of Carolina’s season with a broken heel sustained Tuesday night against Washington. On the flip side, right wing Tuomo Ruutu was back in the lineup after a two-game absence with a lower-body injury.

“I thought we had a lot of chances,” Ruutu said. “We seem to lose our focus when things don’t go our way. We’ve just got to stay with it for 60 minutes.”